The Media Accountability Project  

"If there is outrage to be expressed, it would be that Israel would cynically deploy the trauma of a young woman to try to shield itself from international criticism on the world stage."

"Over the past 20 months of genocide Israel has been caught out in countless lies. This is so well documented that all Israeli claims should be delivered with skepticism and be challenged. Anything less is sloppy journalism. There should also be a Palestinian voice in all such stories. This is a “conflict” so there are at least two sides, but we so often hear only one."

"I request that you revise this section, rejecting racist language that rationalizes violence against civilians."

The host states that there will “invariably” be another Hamas attack that kills Israelis, and another Israeli military attack that kills Palestinians—framing this as a cycle of violence and hate. This is a textbook case of false balance. It draws a false moral equivalence between Israel, the occupying military power committing genocide, and Palestinians, the colonized population resisting decades of dispossession and occupation. 

"As a public broadcaster, CityNews has a responsibility to provide fair, accurate, and comprehensive reporting. For future coverage, I demand that you include detailed accounts of the devastating impacts these raids have on Palestinian civilians. You must also provide balanced reporting that critically examines claims made by the Israeli military and include Palestinian voices."

"Your guest's assertion that both sides merely need to understand one another fails to account for the catastrophic power imbalance at play. It is not a conflict between equals but an occupation where one side wields overwhelming military force while the other is stateless and besieged. Suggesting that Israelis and Palestinians share equal blame not only distorts the reality but also erases the lived experiences of Palestinians who endure collective punishment daily."

"Hezbollah’s capabilities, while destructive, pale in comparison. Israel has caused immeasurable suffering to all of Lebanon, not just Hezbollah militants. The absence of this context reinforces a narrative that solely focuses on Hezbollah’s actions while overlooking the long-standing history of Israeli military aggression in Lebanon."

"While I don’t expect the Gazette to include all of this context in their reporting, I do insist that your newsroom tries to avoid perpetuating harmful and reductive narratives that present Palestinians and their supporters as ‘threats,’ while portraying pro-Israel groups as more defensive and self-preserving."

"If you’re trying to please all the different voices that have opinions on this conflict, your report struck the perfect tone.  If you’re trying to do good journalism, you have fallen far short."

"For Western media to join Israeli and United States spokespeople in playing confused on an Israeli bombing seen and understood across the world is socially catastrophic: it drives a wedge between thinking people internationally and the followers of a he-said/she-said information warfare operation that degrades the credibility of all who entertain it."